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+$90 on 2 trades

+ $85 on 1 paper trade took 1/3 of the possible gain and got out happy - the trade was on the plan

Hiya Reaver Yeah the refi boom is in full swing. I do mostly A-paper so the stuff Im getting is all 30 Year Fixed, Conforming ----looking to shave a half point off their current mortgages --- we pay the closing costs for them -- so its win/win. I would guess there is even heavier activity...

I have been trading YM about 2 months ---I always use limit order and they usually fill right away I dont trade it after hours because the volume goes way way way down During trading hours I have seen 4 instances where the market was moving fast with heavy volume and my orders took a...

Gap Data for February Opening Gap Summary Count Profit @ Exit Max Profit (potential) Winners 4 $1,065 $3,665 Losers 4 ($984) ($984) Draws Total $81 $2,681 needless to say there is no way to collect the...

My first post on ET was regarding Investools --- because I had just paid the bastards 995 bucks --- and I wanted to see if they were legit :)

ok - after this one Im gonna stop y'all can read the rest on the CBOT site Gaps are created for these main reasons: 1. To move the market in such a way as to cause the most pain to the greatest amount of traders as possible. 2. To keep as many people possible out of the move. 3. Or...

and, of course, this gem (absolutely free) The emini S&Ps are a great market to trade if you are 22 years old and obtain 30% of your daily nutritional intake from Starbucks. This is a market made up of traders who are hyper-reactive, with many players trading thousands of contracts a day for...

This on the CBOT website (absolutely free) 1. A professional trading mindset and mental edge. 2. A handful of proven setups to play. 3. A market to trade that fits an individual trader's personality. 4. A plan of action for daily, weekly and monthly P&L swings. 5. Never getting into a...

Seems like there is consistent money to be teaching classes :cool:

Incidentally I think the Carter book was great -- by giving me an introduction on 'how' to watch the pivot method itself - well -- it does not pan out consistently enough to make money. at least for me

Thanks for the comments I agree that imitating Carters pivot method (or any other book method) verbatim is a sure way to lose money in the long run I have stopped doing it cost me 1100 bucks in february to learn that lesson fortunately I had some beginners luck in January and am still net...

last 23 trading days short trades on one setup: winners 17 losers 4 draws 2 profit +$1961 long trades on the same setup winners 16 losers 6 draws 1 profit +$2431

Short trades - summary Count Profit @ Exit Max Profit (potential) Winners 17 $2,561 $7,760 Losers 4 ($600) ($600) Draws 2 $0 $0 Total 23 $1,961 $7,160 Long trades - summary Count Profit @ Exit Max Profit (potential) Winners 16 $3,331 $10,095 Losers 6...

You mean they want to sell me deoderant before they tell me the future? wow

If 10 is the period 1929-1939 And 5 is the period 1973-1983 and 1 is the period 1990-1999 3

I read an interesting article the other day that pointed out a simple, telling fact The price of gas is 2x what it was when Bush took office in 2001 And oil company profits are the highest in their history Exxon has twice as much mony in the bank as the entire GDP of Venezuela Not...

Well - hard to correct the times in my life Ive already been a dickhead (which are numerous) --- but I agree with your comments I am back primarily to paper - to learn a reliable method --- posting here simply to get feedback (and yes yours is valuable and not too blunt as far as I'm...

2500 bucks at Scores on 53rd until the threw me out at 1:30AM

0 trades busy elsewhere today:D